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InternetNews February 4, 2005 Erin Joyce	A Deal to Plug 'Analog Hole' in Digital Media Microsoft, Macrovision strike IP licensing deal to help stop content from breaking free of DRM protections.
InternetNews May 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Fair Use Faltering Satellite radio plans for a handheld that records broadcasts has Hollywood in a dither.
InternetNews June 22, 2004 Roy Mark	Fair Use Bill Gains New Momentum House Energy and Commerce chairman endorses bill to expand consumer rights under the DMCA.
PC World March 15, 2002 Tom Spring	Copy Controls: Fair Use or Foul Play? Hollywood, techies, and Congress wrangle to control what digital video you can store, swap, and see...
Salon.com March 13, 2002 Damien Cave	Chained melodies Copyright-holding corporations are pushing new laws and computer-crippling technologies in their war on piracy. But can anything keep geeks from copying the music and movies they crave?
Reason April 2003 Mike Godwin	Prisoners of Digital Television A misadventure in high-tech regulatory policy -- and a Harry Potter Fix.
InternetNews February 28, 2007 Roy Mark	Fair Use Bill Would Unlock DMCA New legislation would allow consumers to make digital copies for home networks.
Reason May 2002 Mike Godwin	Hollywood vs. the Internet Why entertainment companies want to hack your computer...
PC World June 2002 Tom Spring	Consumer Alert: Feds Eye Copy Locks for PC Gear Congress gets into copy controls fray as tech firms, Hollywood duke it out...
PC World April 23, 2002 Tom Spring	DVD Copy Controls Head to Court Small software firm challenges digital copyright law, tries to assert the right to backups...
PC World March 2006 Dan Tynan	Hollywood vs.Your PC: Round 2 Legal options in digital entertainment are growing. But they come with restrictions that can hobble your ability to enjoy the content you've paid for and even threaten your control over your system.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk Congress finally sent legislation Wednesday to President Bush that sets Feb. 17, 2009, as the end of analog broadcasting in the United States. After that, television sets must have digital tuners to receive an over-the-air signal.
InternetNews November 12, 2004 Roy Mark	Conservatives Aim to Sink Pirate Act American Conservative Union says Hollywood wants to use the DOJ as its private law firm to sue copyright infringers.
Home Theater July 25, 2008	Hollywood TV Sabotage Opposed Public Knowledge and a half-dozen other consumer groups are leading the charge against selectable output control, Hollywood's attempt to deny signals to the component video inputs on early (in fact, all) high-definition TVs.
PC World January 2002 Frank Thorsberg & Tom Spring	New Shackles on Your CD, Video Copying In an effort to stem piracy, entertainment companies are placing new copy restrictions into their products...
InternetNews January 23, 2007 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Pushes Educational Outreach New legislation would mandate consumer programs by broadcasters, retailers and the FCC.
InternetNews November 17, 2005 Roy Mark	'Fair Use' Becomes Fair Game in House U.S. lawmakers struggle to balance consumer rights with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
PC World August 2003 Frank Thorsberg	Consumer Alert: Copy Controls Crackdown Multimedia lovers find themselves caught in a digital vise these days, as Hollywood tightens its copyright controls on movies, games, and music on DVDs and CDs -- most recently squeezing customers accused of copyright infringement in court. Technology is starting to offer some relief, though.
InternetNews May 8, 2009 David Miller	DRM Debate: How Much Is Too Much? Content needs to be protected, but how that's enabled was a subject of debate at the Digital Hollywood conference.
PC World December 3, 2002 Tom Spring	New Tool Makes DVD Copying Easy 321 Studios challenges Hollywood, DMCA again with release of DVD X Copy.
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Grover & Shields	Why Hollywood Loves the White House Again In contrast to the last Bush White House, the Obama Administration has been responsive to Hollywood's policy agenda.
Home Theater June 19, 2009	Down-Res to Plug BD's Analog Hole In a few years, new Blu-ray players will be required to down-res high-def images fed via component video, effectively turning older high-definition TVs into standard-definition TVs.
Home Theater May 20, 2009	FCC to Do 'Soft Test' of DTV Transition Analog TV broadcasts will be interrupted three times on May 21, 2009 with a message heralding the end of analog broadcasting, coming on June 12.
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CIO November 15, 2005 Grant Gross	Help for Emergency Responders The push for digital TV would hasten better communications.
InternetNews June 9, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Tuning In DTV The Federal Communications Commission told TV makers today they must comply with a July 1 mandate to carry digital tuners in half of their most popular models.
InternetNews May 24, 2005 Roy Mark	Barton Slaps Hard Deadline on DTV Transition House panel prepares for the first hearings on legislation stating that broadcasters must cease transmitting programs in analog format.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Heather Green	Hollywood's Most Wanted St. Louis-based 321's software allows people to protect their $19.95 investment in prerecorded DVDs by making copies before they're lost or damaged. To Hollywood, the software is no less than a tool for piracy. That has sparked controversy over just what's permissible under the law.
PC World February 2003 Tom Spring	Tool Copies DVD Movies 321 Studios challenges Hollywood, DMCA with release of DVD X copy.
Home Theater October 26, 2007	FCC Slaps Retailers on Analog TV Labeling The fines are for selling analog televisions without adequately warning consumers that these sets will become obsolete with the end of analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009.
PC World August 31, 2001 Frank Thorsberg	Will Copyright Law Kill Your Computing Habits? The Digital Millennium Copyright Act faces scrutiny and its first cases--including Sklyarov's prosecution.
Home Theater September 29, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	Studios Repeat HDTV-Crippling Demand The movie studios and their trade association are lobbying the Federal Communications Commission for power to cripple the component video interface - the only one available on millions of early-generation HDTVs.
InternetNews July 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Broadcasters Agree to Hard Date DTV Transition After nine years of aggressive lobbying to slow the digital television transition, broadcasters are dropping their objections to a Jan. 1, 2009, deadline to end U.S. analog broadcasting.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2007 Morgan Housel	Best Buy Gives Analog the Boot The retailer becomes the first to pull the plug on analog TVs.
Home Theater October 18, 2007	Best Buy Banishes Obsolete TVs Best Buy stopped selling analog sets on October 1, 2007. No longer will confused low-end consumers take home obsolete TVs. A bright new DTV world is dawning.
Home Theater January 27, 2009	Senate Partly Delays DTV Transition The drive to delay the DTV transition cleared the Senate last night. However, the legislation now has a new twist - the delay is voluntary.
InternetNews April 14, 2006 David Miller	Report Details DMCA Misuses A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation takes aim at the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a controversial law enacted seven years ago to protect intellectual property in the digital age.
PC World November 2002 Dylan F. Tweney	Hollywood vs. Your PC Movie and music moguls are hopping mad over the new technologies that are transforming digital entertainment. Washington is listening. what's at risk? Your ability to enjoy DVDs and CDs you've bought, your privacy -- even your control over your PC.
InternetNews October 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Eyes Vote on Digital TV Switch Tech executives urge Congress to set a hard deadline for broadcasters to shift completely to digital signals of no later than 2009. The vacated analog signals would be given to first responders and auctioned. A vote on legislation could come Wednesday.
InternetNews December 21, 2005 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk With President Bush's signature, over-the-air analog broadcasting will go dark in three years.
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Analog TV: Fade To Black On Feb. 17, 2009 Congress will decree that broadcasters must end analog transmissions on that date and switch to the digital technology they have been phasing in for several years. If you are planning to buy a television, make sure it's digital-ready.
Home Theater June 11, 2009	DTV Transition Deadline Is Tomorrow Tomorrow, June 12, 2009 is the final deadline for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. Here's the DTV transition thought of the day: Does it matter?
PC World February 2004 Dan Tynan	The Perils of DVD Streaming The battle over copyright invades the living room.
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InternetNews September 7, 2007 Caron Carlson	House Passes Major Patent Reform The U.S. House approved legislation today that seeks to overhaul and modernize over 55 years of patent law and address a patent-award system that bi-partisan groups have long argued is broken.
Home Theater February 6, 2009	Networks to Keep Analog Until Bitter End Several major TV networks have announced that they plan for their owned affiliate stations to keep analog signals on the airwaves until the final deadline in June.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Anders Bylund	A Dull Summer for Analog Devices Broadline semiconductor maker Analog Devices met all expectations this quarter, but it didn't exceed them. However, it's a better performance than some competitors in the sector.
Home Theater August 27, 2007	Free Analog Cable Service Urged A coalition of small cable operators is urging Congress to let them provide free analog cable service following the switchover to digital television broadcasting.